Professor Emeritus John Golias appointed Minister at the new transitional Government of Greece, May 2023

Professor Emeritus John Golias was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transport at the new transitional Government of Greece.

Professor Emeritus John Golias has been the Director of Traffic Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Rector of National Technical University of Athens. He has been involved in all areas of transportation planning and engineering sector for more than 40 years through numerous research projects, engineering studies and committees in Greece and abroad and he is the author of a great number of published scientific papers, cited widely worldwide. He served also as Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Chairman of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers.

 

NTUA – Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, Athens, May 2023

NTUA within the framework of the Seventh UN Global Road Safety Week organised with great success a Scientific Workshop titled “Road Safety Research Challenges” which was held at the Railways and Transport Laboratory (and online) on May 19th, 2023 .

The objective of this Workshop was to highlight through an intensive flow of presentations the main findings and challenges of key road safety research projects carried out within the NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering.

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Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, Athens, April 2023

The NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering organised with great success a Scientific Workshop titled “Telematics and Driver Behaviour” which took place at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport on April 4th, 2023. The Workshop was also available through Webex (https://centralntua.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/centralntua/meeting/download/764247dcf2d84520bdf1f583cef8bd96?siteurl=centralntua&MTID=mc22901c36e31c169cd8657a9e19d822c). Read more

Diploma Theses Exams, March 2023

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of March 2023 took place with great success on Monday March 20th 2023at Railways Amphitheatre. Read more

NTUA – Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering ranked 4th in Europe, 2023

The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of Civil Engineering School at the National Technical University of Athens was ranked 4th in Europe this year and 26th worldwide among all Transportation Departments, with the best performance among all NTUA and Greek Universities Departments. This ranking is produced by EduRank‘s final score based on three parts: 45% Research performance, 45% Non-academic prominence and 10% Alumni score. Departments’ Director George Yannis stated that: “the persistence in scientific excellence of our highly qualified transportation engineers contributes to a future with efficient, green and safe transport systems in Greece, in Europe and globally”. icon.url

 

 

Online workshop “Data requirements for freight transport planning and operation”, February 2023

The Laboratory of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA organized with great success on Wednesday 22-02-2023 between 16:30-19:30 an online workshop entitled: “Data requirements for freight transport planning and operation” in the framework of the research infrastructure “ENIRISST – Intelligent Research Infrastructure in Shipping, Supply Chain, and Transport”.

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New Book: Public Transport Optimization by Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis, January 2023

The global publisher Springer published recently the Book Public Transport Optimization written by NTUA Assistant Professor Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis. Read more

New year event at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, January 2023

The New Year Event of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on Wednesday, January 25th, 2023, at 14:30, at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport with the participation of more than 65 members and students of the Department and the School of Civil Engineering. Read more

NTUA at the 102nd TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 2023

The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens contributed actively with several innovative scientific papers and presentations at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place with great success in Washington DC from January 8th to January 12th 2023.

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Maria Saloniti student of the School of Civil Engineering awarded with “Apostolos Chr. Yotis” Award, December 2022

Maria Saloniti student of the School of Civil Engineering NTUA, has been awarded with “Apostolos Chr. Yotis” Award, for the highest average of all courses of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering in relation to her fellow student with whom she equaled (9.33) in the mandatory courses “Roads Geometric Design” (5th semester), “Roads Construction” (6th semester) and at the mandatory of cycle course “Design of Road and Airfield Pavements” (7th semester), during the academic year 2021-2022.

 

Dr. Greg Erhardt lecture in NTUA, November 2022

Dr. Greg Erhardt Associate Professor at University of Kentuky, gave a lecture  which took place with great success on Monday, November 28th 2022 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA , entitled “Using Big Data to Measure the Effect of Ride-Hailing on Transit Ridership, Traffic Congestion and Traffic Safety”. The lecture was also available through Webex: https://centralntua.webex.com/meet/elenivl.

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Prof. George Yannis receives the EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award, November 2022

NTUA Professor George Yannis has received the prestigious EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award during the European Commission Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA 2022), held on 14-17 November 2022 in Lisbon. Professor  George Yannis won the competition of EU Senior Researcher for Road Transport Research based on his exceptional and long-standing research contribution on Open Road Safety Decision Support Systems. 

Diploma theses exams, October 2022

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of October 2022 took place with great success on Thursday November 1st 2022 and on Friday November 4th 2022, at Railways Amphitheatre and at teaching room 109.

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“ENARISTEIA 2022”

The Research Infrastructure EN.I.R.R.I.S.T. successfully organized ENARISTEIA 2022, a three-day event that took place from 24 to 26 October 2022 at the Eugenides Foundation in Athens. Representatives from institutions and the official state, academics and business executives of Shipping, Transport and Supply Chain, had the opportunity to learn about the high quality scientific work that the Research Infrastructure will soon complete and the positive impact that it can have on the field of research and the adoption of innovative practices by the State and businesses. Read more

Conference “Geotechnical Engineering & Pavement Design”, September 2022

Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (HSSMGE) organized with great success the Conference “Geotechnical Engineering & Pavement Design” on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at the Conference Center of the Ancient Olive Grove Campus of the University of West Attica.

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Aggeliki Armeni defended her Phd thesis on Airport Pavement Evaluation, September 2022

Aggeliki Armeni has successfully defended her PhD Thesis titled: “Investigation of  Airport Pavement Evaluation Parameters” on Friday September 2nd at 15:00 via a teleconference: https://centralntua.webex.com/centralntua/j.php?MTID=ma78e8fd7c05546d007f73d8f935e205f Read more

Former Associate Professor Stylianos Kolias, 1938 – 2022

Stylianos Kolias former Associate Professor of the Department of Transportation of NTUA passed away last week. The farewell ceremony took place on Friday, 26/8/2022, at the ceremony hall of the 1st Cemetery of Athens.

Diploma theses exams, July 2022

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of July 2022 took place with grate success on Thursday July 14th 2022 and Friday July 15th 2022 via a teleconference using the application Cisco Webex (https://www.webex.com/). Read more

Erick Rodriguez Esparza lecture at NTUA, July 2022

 

The researcher and PhD student at the University of Deusto, Erick Rodriguez Esparza gave a lecture entitled “Last-Mile Delivery Optimization” which was held with great success on Thursday  July 7th 2022 at 15.00 in the amphitheatre of the Laboratory of Railways and Transport of NTUA and virtually through Webex (link: https://centralntua.webex.com/meet/elenivl)

 

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NTUA – Road Safety and Simulation International Conference, Athens, June 2022

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), in cooperation with the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) organized the 8th Road Safety & Simulation International Conference 2022 (RSS2022) which took place with great success on  June 8th to June 10th 2022 in Athens, Greece. The Conference’s theme this year was: “Road Safety and Digitalisationhttps://www.nrso.ntua.gr/rss2022/